(1) Divide filling into 50 gm. portions and roll into round balls. Set aside.(2) Combine flour, icing sugar and shortening of Water Skin. Add in water and knead into a soft dough. Divide into 16 portions.(3) Combine Pastry ingredients together and divide into 16 portions.(4) Flatten water skin and wrap in oily dough. Shape round and roll into a long strip and roll into a swiss roll. Repeat process one more time. Do the same with remaining pieces. Repeat process till all the dough finish.(5) Flatten each rolled dough into a round shape and wrap up with lotus paste.(6) Use a knife or cutter to slit 5 slits leaving the middle part intact. Use your thumb to make a depression in the center.(7) Use the cutter to make some lines on the cut blossom flower.(8) Glaze with egg and sprinkle some sesame seeds in the depression - center of the mooncakes.(9) Bkae in a preheated oven at 180C for 20 - 25 mins. Cool on cooling rack.

If you use butter , it will have a buttery flavour and it's delicious. The only problem is that the dough will be very difficult to handle as the butter melts. The shortening is more stable and it's easier to roll and pleat.

I've done this mooncake yesterday. It's so amazing. I don't have shortening, so I used butter instead. It has flaky and multi-layer skin. I use red bean filling. It's also yummy. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. If you have time, pls go to my site to see it.